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Episode 209: Francis Fukuyama on Identity Politics (Part Two: Discussion)
Published 7 years, 7 months ago
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Continuing on Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment (2018).
Fukuyama recommends a "creedal national identity" as a solution for tribalism; does this work? Is this "demand for recognition" that he describes foundational for the act of making an ethical claim? For self-consciousness itself? How does ideology prejudice the sort of theorizing that Fukuyama engages in?
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End song: "Cornerstone" by Richard X. Heyman, as discussed on Nakedly Examined Music #61.